Zoom · 21 hours ago
Video Tech Lead
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$143K/yr - $313K/yrZoom is a company focused on building the best collaboration platform for the enterprise. They are seeking a Video Tech Lead to lead the development of their next generation real-time Web media architecture, optimizing audio and video delivery across various platforms while collaborating with senior leaders and participating in development.
CollaborationInformation TechnologyMessagingSaaSVideo Conferencing
Responsibilities
Defining and driving the architecture of Zoom’s real-time WebRTC media platform
Building, optimizing, and maintaining end-to-end A/V pipelines across browser, mobile, native clients, and backend media servers
Owning signaling design, peer connection management, QoS, congestion control, and protocol-level implementations
Driving the creation of SFU functionalities, simulcast/SVC workflows, bitrate optimization, device oversight, and audio/video alignment
Ensuring full compliance with IETF/W3C standards and maintaining cross-browser interoperability
Designing observability systems including metrics, QoE monitoring, automated testing, and large-scale stress frameworks
Qualification
Required
A minimum of a Bachelors degree in computer science or related field
Individuals with extensive, practical expertise in developing production-ready WebRTC solutions or optimizing high-performance media server architectures
Require comprehensive knowledge of real-time media protocols, such as ICE, STUN/TURN, DTLS/SRTP, RTP/RTCP, SCTP/DataChannel, and BUNDLE
Expect expertise in A/V internals such as capture, encoding/decoding, jitter buffers, congestion control, synchronization, and media pipeline performance
Value expertise in modern video codecs (VP8/VP9/H.264/H.265/AV1) and hardware acceleration
Demonstrate expertise in C++ and JavaScript or TypeScript
Benefits
A variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health
Support work-life balance
Contribute to their community in meaningful ways
Company
Zoom
Zoom is a software company that offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing.
Founded in 2011
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$276MKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementSequoia CapitalEmergence Capital
2021-11-04Post Ipo Equity· $130M
2019-04-19Post Ipo Equity
2019-04-18IPO
Leadership Team
Eric Yuan
Founder & CEO
Xuedong Huang
Chief Technology Officer
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